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Month: January 2025

Bulgaria 

EC opens seven infringement cases against Bulgaria, including two on VAT

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on January 31 that it opened seven new infringement cases against Bulgaria for failing to notify

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Bulgaria 

National Assembly legislates that Bulgarian Orthodox Church is country’s sole representative of Eastern Orthodoxy

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is the sole representative of the country’s traditional Eastern Orthodox Christianity and it alone may use

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s January 2025 has been driest January since 2021

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

January 2025 in Bulgaria was the country’s the driest January since 2021, the national meteorological bureau said in a provisional

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Bulgaria 

Another district in Bulgaria declares flu epidemic, suspending in-person classes at schools

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s district of Sliven has declare a flu epidemic, to be in effect from February 3 to 11, the Health

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Business 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2024 was 3.8%

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

The unemployment rate in Bulgaria in December 2024 was 3.8 per cent, down from 3.9 per cent in November 2024

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Business 

NSI poll: Business sentiment in Bulgaria largely unchanged in January

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI), the results of which were released on January 30, has

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Bulgaria 

Ceremony for handover of first Bulgarian Air Force F-16 set for January 31

January 29, 2025May 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov is leaving on January 29 for a three-day visit to the United States, and will

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Bulgaria 

Flu epidemic declarations in effect in half of Bulgaria’s districts

January 29, 2025January 29, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of districts in Bulgaria where flu epidemic declarations are in effect stands at 14 out of a total

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Business 

Arrivals of visitors from abroad for holidays in Bulgaria up 20% y/y in December 2024

January 28, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The number of visits to Bulgaria by non-residents for holidays in December 2024 was 20 per cent higher than in

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